Video tours
Silux Media — the full tour
A complete tour of Silux Media: signing in, the library, playing films on a slow connection, people and roles, Parental Control, uploading and the TV apps. Film footage: Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation (CC BY 3.0).
Read: Install the Silux Media server · Find your way around the library
Sign in and link a TV
Create the admin account, sign in on a phone or computer, and sign a TV in with a code approved from the phone.
Read: Sign in on your phone, tablet or computer · Link a TV with a code · Silux Media for Apple TV
Upload films, music and photos
Add media to Silux Media: media folders on your own server, or drag-and-drop uploads to Silux Media Cloud.
Read: Add your films, TV, music, photos and books · Silux Media Cloud · Upload to Silux Media Cloud
Add users and admins
Add family members as users who browse and watch, or as admins who can also manage and delete media.
Read: Users and admins
Parental Control: protect folders with a PIN
Protect a folder with a PIN so children can't open it on any TV, phone or computer, and how to unlock it.
Watching: quality, subtitles and the data saver
The player: audio and subtitles, picture quality, the data saver, the bandwidth panel, Play all and downloads. Film footage: Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation (CC BY 3.0).
Read: Watching: the player explained · Play all and Autoplay next · Downloads: watch offline
Silux Media: an overview
How the server, apps, account and Cloud fit together, then every section of the web app: Home, Films, TV Shows, Music, Photos, Live TV, Search and Settings, and signing a TV in with a code.
Read: Silux Media: an overview · The server web app: every page
Getting started in eight steps
Install the server, create the admin account, add media folders, link your account, sign in on the apps and TVs, add your family and watch away from home.
Watch away from home
Direct connections, linking the server to your account, the relay on Plus and Pro, Now watching and choosing a lower quality on slow connections.
Read: Watch away from home
Live TV and recording
Add an M3U channel list and XMLTV guide, watch channels with now and next, and record programmes on the server.
Read: Live TV
Server admin tools
Quality profiles, Now watching, backup and restore, webhooks and Manage library.
Read: Manage library (admins) · Server settings explained · Who's watching and bandwidth
Sign-in codes: email, Telegram or an authenticator app
Turn on sign-in codes on the Silux Media website: connect Telegram with the QR code, set up an authenticator app by scanning its QR code, sign in with a code, and turn codes off.
Your account on the website
Overview, Plan & billing, Servers, Orders and Settings: invoice details, password, sign-in codes, signed-in devices, your data, and Connect a device.
Read: Account security · Your Silux Media account: every page
Free, Plus, Pro and Cloud
What's free for ever, when the relay on Plus and Pro helps, Cloud hosting, and changing or cancelling a plan.
Read: What's free, and what the paid plans add · Plans, the basket and billing
Watch together
Start a watch party from a film, share the 6-letter code, and join from another device — everyone stays in step. Film footage: Sintel © Blender Foundation (CC BY 3.0).
Playlists, shuffle and repeat
Add films, episodes, songs and audiobooks to playlists, play all or shuffle, and use shuffle and repeat in the music bar.
Music, photos, audiobooks and books
Albums and the music bar, photo albums full screen, audiobooks with 30-second skips, speed and sleep timer, and books. Audiobook: LibriVox (public domain); book: Project Gutenberg.
Read: Music, photos and books · Audiobooks
Versions, extras, details and subtitles
.nfo details, trailers and extras, several versions of one film, Find subtitles and Settings → Online details.
Read: Versions, trailers & extras, and film details · Online details: artwork, plots and subtitles
TVs and consoles (DLNA)
Share your library with TVs and consoles at home that have no Silux Media app.
Troubleshooting
Can't reach the server, buffering, missing titles, subtitles, expired TV codes and sign-in codes.
Read: Troubleshooting
The apps on phones, tablets and foldables
Signing in (with a sign-in code when it's on), Home, the details sheet, the account menu, tablets' side menu, and full screen on foldables.
The TV apps
Apple TV, Android TV, Google TV, Samsung and LG: sign in with a code approved on your phone, then your library in the TV layout.
Read: TV apps: every screen